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Machine Design 2013 Engineering Salary Survey

Machine Design's 2013 Salary Survey gathered compensation data, as well as information on perks, from over 5,000 engineers. Lee Teschler and Steve Mraz offer insights into the results.

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  • Jul 11, 2014
    Article
    Machine Design

    Defeat the Safety Interlock, Lose a Hand

    Equipment manufacturers may not be able to control the actions of equipment users, but they can reduce the temptation to disable critical interlocks by striving to improve the human factor performance of their products....More
  • Jul 9, 2014
    Article
    Machine Design

    Essential Work Tools of a Machine-Tool Designer

    To help me design machines, I use a certain set of tools every day....More
  • Jul 9, 2014
    Commentary
    Machine Design

    Industrial Automation Taps Information Modeling To Manage Massive Data

    Capturing all of today's data and securing it, moving it, storing it, and analyzing it is a concern for those of us architecting manufacturing systems. But we can’t accomplish that effectively without better mechanisms for organizing all that data....More
  • Jul 8, 2014
    Commentary

    Taking the window seats (and windows) from pilots and co-pilots

    Who would’ve thought that the glass-cockpit concept – the use of programmable displays to replace radar screens, dials, and navigational instruments – would lead to airline cockpits with no windows? It seems it has as Airbus, the European consortium that designs and builds airliners, filed last year for a patent on its windowless-cockpit concept....More
  • Jul 8, 2014
    News

    3D Printing for Hire: The Case of the Persnickety Prop 1

    Metrology and 3D-printing distributor Burton Precision helped University of Michigan researchers solve three major CAD problems, so they could make a plastic propeller for a human-powered submarine....More
  • Jul 8, 2014
    Commentary

    When a liberal arts degree isn't enough, bring on “experiential learning”

    There are unavoidable constants in life that usually are said to include death and taxes. To this list we should add old people complaining about younger generations. But when the complainers are business executives, a few entrepreneurial-minded educators sense an opportunity....More
  • Jul 3, 2014
    Commentary

    More automakers going with fiberglass springs

    Audi is in the news this week because it plans to start using suspension springs made of glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) in one of its cars before the end of the year. Audi says it developed the spring in collaboration with an Italian supplier....More
  • Jul 1, 2014
    Commentary
    Machine Design

    Interview: Toy-company founder and female engineer on girls in STEM 1

    Toy-company founder and female engineer on girls in STEM...More
  • Jun 27, 2014
    Commentary

    Ten for STEM - Ten developments promoting science & technology learning

    Education in the area of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has been in the headlines as employers find it tough to uncover potential employees having STEM backgrounds. Efforts are underway to rectify perceived shortages in STEM fields. Notice of several such initiatives recently crossed our desk. Here is a quick update on what's going on:...More
  • Jun 26, 2014
    Commentary
    Machine Design

    Get a Handle on Data Governance

    Beyond compliance, data governance helps manufacturers effectively respond to and manage the exponential growth of the data they generate....More
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Commentaries and Blogs
Taking the window seats (and windows) from pilots and co-pilots
by Stephen Mraz
Posted 4 days ago
in A Skeptical Engineer
3D Printing for Hire: The Case of the Persnickety Prop
by Elisabeth Eitel
Posted 4 days ago
in Product Design Engineering
When a liberal arts degree isn't enough, bring on “experiential learning”
by Lee Teschler
Posted 4 days ago
in From the Editor's Desk
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